Definitions for Down-easter

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Down-easter down-east·er

Spelling: [doun-ee-ster]

IPA: /ˌdaʊnˈi stər/

Down-Easter is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 1017 anagrams from letters in Down-easter (-adeenorstw).

Definitions for Down-easter

noun

1. a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
2. a native or inhabitant of Maine.
3. a native or inhabitant of New England.
4. Canadian. a native or resident of the Maritime Provinces.

Origin of Down-easter

An Americanism dating back to 1810-20; down East + -er¹

Examples for Down-easter

He was a specimen of the Southerner possessing salient points, and was a study for the down-easter.

The third youth was long and lank and talked with a nasal drawl and a manner of speech that proclaimed him a down-easter.

"He's a down-easter—a horse jockey chap, I'll be bound," cried another.

Calico rather shuns me, as a general thing, my down-easter, on account of my plain speaking.

This person was a down-easter, and was well acquainted with the Johnstons and Wiscasset.

I exclaimed, halting suddenly, 'there is living critters here, as I'm a down-easter.'

"Guess you'll pay me two dollars," said the down-easter, quietly.

Moreover, to Matt's practiced eye, this individual seemed to savor of a down-easter.

A down-easter strutted about the city one day, puffing at a cigar.